Simon Toyne Quotes

I hate it when characters know things but only reveal them when it's convenient to the story. I'd never do that. That's cheating.

Simon Toyne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 29, 1968

Topics

HateStoryCheatingKnowNeverOnly

One brave deed makes no hero.

John Greenleaf Whittier

HeroBraveDeedMakes

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

John Dewey

GoodManGood ManMovingBetterWho

Boxing is a lonely sport.

Andre Ward

LonelyBoxingSport

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

ThingsHeSinsVeryWhichPunished

Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years.

Robert Toombs

HistoryBlindYouDeafNeverSixty

Ian Fleming and Norman Felton were friends. 'U.N.C.L.E.' was basically a tongue-in-cheek 'Bond.' It wasn't quite as serious and dramatic as 'Bond,' nor did we have the budget for that.

Robert Vaughn

BondBudgetFriendsSeriousDramatic

I am so grateful that the public has given me this gift. They look at me as a person - not as a race or a color. The word for it is freedom - to be accepted as me.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

FreedomGratefulI AmMeGiftColor

I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world.

Joseph Brodsky

I AmPoetryWorldSayPatriotMust

In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'

Don Lemon

DayMeGamePriceNewsWant

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

Dolly Parton

FriendsThroughHeartbreakGoingLot

I'm actually an evil bastard in real life. Fark allows me to vent weirdness. Thank god for that, too.

Drew Curtis

LifeGodMeEvilThank GodReal

Whenever you write a true story, it's not going to go over 100 percent well with everybody.

Christopher Markus

StoryYouGoTrueWriteOver

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